Cultivating for Immorality: I Evolved Martial Arts into the Immortal Path – Chapter 109

Chapter 109: Movement Technique Achieved

Great harvest!

In the mountain cave, lamplight flickered.

In the firelight, the bee demon honey was crystal clear, its luster alluring, like resplendent amber.

A unique fragrance wafted out, like a dazzling crystal emitting a sweet scent, a blend of various floral aromas, intoxicatingly fragrant.

“Good stuff!”

Chu Liang’s face was full of satisfaction. He took a deep breath, his lungs filled with the rich fragrance.

This bee demon honey was as rare as the monkey wine, even harder to obtain.

Not everyone had the courage to face the endless swarm of bee demons.

Looking closely, the honeycomb was a expanse of golden brilliance, the honey thick and rich, sweet and delicate, like the dew of the nine heavens or the nectar of the moon, radiant and beautiful beyond compare.

The two little rats swallowed, their eyes full of desire.

They had been lying on the honeycomb just now, enduring the whole way, without daring to take a bite.

After all, Chu Liang was the master.

They knew their place and had to let the master eat first.

“Master, quickly look, can this thing be evolved?” Rat One asked impatiently. If it couldn’t be evolved, they could start eating.

“Hmm, let me see.”

Chu Liang focused his gaze and looked carefully for a while.

The Evolutionary Appraisal Mirror gave a prompt.

【Bee Demon Honey（Low-Rank Treasure Medicine）: Evolvable】

【Offer three hundred catties of low-rank demon beast flesh and blood to evolve “Bee Demon Honey（Low-Rank Treasure Medicine）” into “Bee Demon Honey（Mid-Rank Treasure Medicine）”】

Three hundred catties?

Chu Liang’s eyelids twitched. He almost thought he had misread it.

He quickly came back to his senses, realizing that there was too much honey, and the required flesh and blood far exceeded the usual amount.

The evolution also required low-rank demon beast meat, the kind of demon beast comparable to a human Skin Tempering Realm expert, beyond Chu Liang’s current ability.

Chu Liang shook his head slightly. “It can’t be evolved now. Let’s eat first.”

“Alright!”

The two little rats replied excitedly.

Thus, one person and two rats sat in the cave, gulping down the bee demon honey.

It was fragrant and sweet but not cloying, with a hint of warmth. After swallowing, it warmed the whole body, making one feel comfortable, as if in a field of flowers bathed in sunlight.

Before long, the two little rats’ bellies were round and full, their bodies several times larger than their normal size.

Chu Liang was also stuffed, his stomach bulging.

But they had only eaten a small portion.

This half of the honeycomb was too large, containing an unimaginable amount of honey.

Rat One couldn’t even stand up anymore. He lay on the ground, struggling to say, “Eat… I can still eat… This stuff nourishes the body, replenishes Qi and blood, the more you eat the better……”

He hiccuped, and golden honey overflowed from his mouth. He hurriedly covered his mouth with his little paws.

He really couldn’t eat anymore!

Chu Liang smiled. “It’s okay. We’ll collect it first and eat it slowly later.”

“Master, what should we use to collect it? Stone jars?” Rat Two asked.

“Bamboo,” Chu Liang thought for a moment. “I remember there’s a patch of green bamboo in the western forest. The bamboo segments are thick and sturdy, perfect for making containers.”

“Okay, Master, I’ll go chop some bamboo after I digest this!”

Rat Two rubbed his round belly.

He was usually thin, but today he was as plump as Rat One.

He also added, “Master, this bee demon honey has nourishing and beautifying effects. It’s very popular among wealthy ladies in the prefectural city. You can take the rest of the honey back to the county town and give it to someone you like in the future.”

“Rat Two, how do you know so much?” Chu Liang asked him with a smile.

“I read it in the library.”

Rat Two patted his furry head, indicating that he had a lot of knowledge stored in his brain, a learned rat.

Rat One immediately stood up, indicating that he was also very learned.

One person and two rats chatted casually, slowly absorbing the bee demon honey in their stomachs.

Chu Liang could clearly feel his Qi and blood slowly increasing.

“This bee demon honey, like the monkey wine, is a great tonic, much better than the Blood Nourishing Pill. When I go back, I’ll try to evolve it from ordinary honey,” Chu Liang thought to himself.

He was hopeful but also knew that the chances were slim.

The formation of bee demon honey was related to the type of bee demon, the type of nectar, and the time of formation, among many other factors.

After evolving ordinary honey, he would probably only get high-quality honey. Further evolution wouldn’t necessarily yield bee demon honey.

Time slowly passed to the afternoon of that day.

Chu Liang moved the boulder at the cave entrance and walked out with the two little rats, heading to the western forest to chop bamboo.

“Crack! Crack!”

One thick bamboo after another fell.

These bamboos were entirely green, their surfaces smooth and delicate, like emerald jade.

Chu Liang cut along the bamboo segments, selecting the thickest parts, and made twenty containers, each as thick as his forearm. He then returned to the cave.

He poured the remaining bee demon honey from the honeycomb into the containers and melted beeswax to seal them one by one.

Finally, there was a little left in the honeycomb, which Chu Liang sealed in a stone jar.

“Let’s go, we’re going back to Monkey Mountain to grab some more monkey wine.”

Chu Liang smiled, hid most of the bee demon honey, and headed back with the two little rats.

Three days later, at dusk.

The setting sun dyed the sky blood red.

Chu Liang used his movement technique and entered Monkey Mountain for the second time. Amidst the angry roars of numerous apes, he directly snatched two jars of monkey wine.

“Thank you for the gift!”

Chu Liang smiled broadly, swift as the wind, and in the blink of an eye, he had already left Monkey Mountain.

Behind him, the golden-furred Monkey King was almost bursting with anger.

“Screech! Screech!”

He was so angry that he jumped up and down. Seeing that he couldn’t catch up with Chu Liang, he furiously threw his stone staff, hoping to hit him.

But he was ultimately disappointed.

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Chu Liang escaped again, disappearing into the vast mountain forest, leaving only his hearty laughter echoing for a long time.

That night, Chu Liang and the two little rats rested by a small stream.

He lit a bonfire.

The warm firelight flickered in the darkness, driving away the winter chill.

“Let’s try some bee demon honey this time.”

Chu Liang placed fresh demon beast meat on the fire, then mixed various spices with honey. He dipped a brush made of animal fur into the mixture and slowly brushed it onto the surface of the demon beast meat.

Soon, a richer aroma of roasted meat than usual wafted out.

The surface was golden and crispy, the inside fragrant and juicy, the sweetness of the bee demon honey perfectly blending with the various spices.

Chu Liang opened a jar of monkey wine, the fragrance of the wine overflowing, like immortal nectar.

He sat by the stream, eating meat and drinking wine with the two little rats, feeling carefree and comfortable!

Rat One quickly got drunk, wagging his tail and swaying back and forth, exclaiming, “Comfortable, ah, life in the mountains is still good. It’s too stifling in the county town, always hiding, like a gloomy rat.”

Rat Two retorted, “We are rats.”

“But I’m not gloomy.”

“There’s not a single bit of brightness on you.”

The two little rats started bickering, looking rather comical.

Chu Liang smiled. “I’ll bring you into the mountains more often in the future.”

He also liked this kind of unrestrained life.

But he was well aware that this enjoyment was based on strength.

The mountains were free, but they lacked the cultivation techniques and martial skills he needed, nor did they have the experience and records of predecessors.

If he indulged too much in enjoyment, he would eventually suffer the consequences.

“It’s been more than a month since I entered the mountains. My movement technique is now complete, and it’s time to go back to the county town. I can’t miss Qi Xiuliang’s match.”

Chu Liang calculated the time. Soon, Qi Xiuliang would have a match with the second disciple of Dragon and Snake Hall Master Ye Long.

At that time, Qi Xiuliang would publicly use the Pine and Bamboo Sword Technique.

“This sword technique is much more powerful than the Sinking Water Sword. When that time comes, I wonder if Qi Hai will fulfill his promise and kneel before Qi Xiuliang?”

Chu Liang smiled, somewhat looking forward to it.

He picked up the stone jar and drank the last drop of wine.

There was another unopened jar that Chu Liang didn’t plan to drink. He intended to take it back to the county town.

In the next few days, Chu Liang continued his final training in a nearby mountain forest, killing some demon beasts of similar strength to his own.

Counting carefully.

During his time in the mountains, he had killed a total of twenty-one demon beasts.

Almost every one of them was extremely ferocious, either hiding in the dark preparing to ambush him or directly pouncing on him.

In the lairs of these demon beasts, Chu Liang found the remains and weapons of many human martial artists.

Most of the remains had Martial Alliance identity tokens beside them.

“Many human martial artists have died in the mountains over the years,” Chu Liang thought to himself. If he wasn’t strong enough, he would have become one of these remains.

He was already in the deep mountains.

But he hadn’t gone too deep, and there were no ranked Great Demons, only unranked Small Demons.

That evening, as the sun set.

Chu Liang returned to Monkey Mountain.

He entered again, ignoring the angry resistance of the numerous apes, and forcibly took two more jars of monkey wine.

“This is the last time, I promise!”

He held the monkey wine tightly, like a hurricane, instantly covering a hundred meters.

The Monkey King behind him was almost driven mad with anger!

This was the third time!

Chu Liang moved as if there were no one present, raiding Monkey Mountain three times, his movement technique elegant, his speed incredibly fast, and he was never once stopped.

“Screech! Screech!”

The Monkey King was furious, his eyes seeming to spit fire, jumping up and down in rage.

He picked up his stone staff, channeling all his anger into strength, his Qi and blood surging, his muscles bulging, his entire body expanding, like a divine ape from ancient myths. He once again threw his stone staff at Chu Liang.

Whoosh!

The stone staff shot out, instantly reaching Chu Liang’s back.

Chu Liang, having anticipated this, swayed his body and calmly dodged the stone staff.

With a loud boom, the stone staff smashed into a boulder, sending shattered stones flying with a rumbling sound.

Chu Liang laughed loudly, “I won’t take your wine for free. Your staff is too shabby. I’ll give you a good one!”

With that, he swiftly kicked.

With a whoosh.

A long metal staff that he had prepared earlier was kicked towards the Monkey King.

This staff was found in a demon beast’s lair, originally belonging to a human martial artist who had died there.

Chu Liang had evolved the staff twice, making it a ranked treasure weapon.

“Farewell, no need to see me off!”

Chu Liang’s speed increased dramatically, instantly disappearing into the vast mountain forest.

The Monkey King was furious. He grabbed the staff Chu Liang had given him, exerted force with both arms, intending to break it, and then chase after him.

But he suddenly froze, realizing that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t break the staff.

“Screech?”

The Monkey King immediately realized that this staff was a treasure.

He was quite intelligent, not inferior to humans, and naturally understood its value.